GREAT BRITAIN: Flagship

Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Yorke
Tyrwhitt had ample excuse to indulge, last week, in an honest,
becoming sailor's blush. He will shortly have assigned to him as his
flagship the new British post-Washington Treaty cruiser Suffolk.
Strictly speaking the Suffolk, when empty of stores, water, fuel and
ammunition, just comes within the Treaty limitation of 10,000 tons. But
in the building of the Suffolk thousands of parts have been made of
aluminum, where use of a heavier metal would have been standard
practice. Judged from the standpoint of fighting strength, the
10,000-ton...